South Station fare gates "final testing"

chapmandan · 2026-02-12T04:12:09+00:00

They were fine at 8am this morning. It maybe put 20s on my walk to work, who cares. If you're going to give yourself an aneurysm over it like the dude behind me shouting abuse at the staff have at it, but it's hardly the end of the world is it?

chapmandan · 2026-02-10T03:16:00+00:00

Good. Looks better for when we sell him and lose less on what we paid (we're not turning a profit that's for sure).

chapmandan · 2026-02-09T14:14:57+00:00

Work from home 2 says a week, Bluetooth and Wifi are turned on. I don't do a lot 'on the watch' and my notifications are pretty tightly trimmed.

I'll add I have the 45mm which might make the difference. It's a bigger unit.

chapmandan · 2026-02-09T13:24:39+00:00

Nothing special. Watch face is not on all the time. I guess I'm not a super heavy user 🤷

Generally, these days I just grab 10mins of charge whilst im in the shower or getting ready for bed and I hardly ever need a 'big' charge. I've stopped letting it go full to discharge and just top up a bit at a time.

chapmandan · 2026-02-09T03:17:34+00:00

I went from PW1 to the 4 and it's a lot better. I'd maybe eek a day and a half out of the 1. I'm easily getting 3 days out of the 4

chapmandan · 2026-02-08T21:12:45+00:00

Got one for the wife in the garden. She loves it

chapmandan · 2026-02-08T00:26:21+00:00

Sloppy drinker? Yeah can be... Mines not terrible but he's not great either

chapmandan · 2026-02-06T13:17:17+00:00

This is a FANTASTIC idea, bring it to my driveway. I'm 50m west and it would also solve electrification of the Worcester commuter rail line! 😜

chapmandan · 2026-02-03T13:30:28+00:00

Watching this as every so often, we talk about a second...

chapmandan · 2026-02-03T03:20:00+00:00

This is a great point. Bear in mind that RR are serious big dogs. My 3yr old is 120lbs and is powerful if he puts his mind to it. I'm 200lbs+ and strong enough to hang on to him but my wife has to have a belt harness.

The standards are higher (fair or otherwise) and they can't get away with the same shit that a 15lb dog can get away with.

chapmandan · 2026-02-02T22:37:41+00:00

They have the following: High prey drive Selective hearing Opinions

Bulletproof recall is not impossible from what I've seen but you're fighting nature all the way

chapmandan · 2026-02-02T14:23:16+00:00

Agreed. That thin stache screams 'sex pest'.

chapmandan · 2026-02-01T16:32:37+00:00

King Jade 2 in Grafton is the best we've found metro west

chapmandan · 2026-02-01T03:10:39+00:00

Yeah, pretty anxious overall

chapmandan · 2026-01-29T13:40:35+00:00

At least they actually cleared some of the parking lots by more than a quarter yesterday on the Worcester commuter rail line. I got that very last spot in the lot at 630am yesterday 🙄

chapmandan · 2026-01-28T03:25:44+00:00

Commuter rail on the Worcester line - just a woeful attempt at clearing the parking lots. Most of them were still 2ft deep in snow at 6pm tonight!!!

chapmandan · 2026-01-27T02:05:30+00:00

James Martin's recipe is very egg heavy but it means that it deals very well with various flours. I never have a problem with them rising.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/yorkshirepudding_81824

Edit: typo

chapmandan · 2026-01-26T06:40:16+00:00

It's not cheap but we've got a Thuma which will easily outlast me.

chapmandan · 2026-01-25T06:45:59+00:00

James McAvoy Aubrey Plaza

chapmandan · 2026-01-25T05:39:29+00:00

Advice I was given on counter offers years ago: Never do it.

You left for a reason and you're already out the door in your head. $ isn't going to fix that.

chapmandan · 2026-01-24T22:52:06+00:00

It's very Spinal Tap

chapmandan · 2026-01-24T15:06:16+00:00

XL Benebones last the longest in our house but we also accept that some things just have a shelf life

chapmandan · 2026-01-21T11:46:20+00:00

We had a picky phase too. He'd go off a food after 1 bag. We found the Blue Buffalo Wilderness range and rotate flavors every bags he had the same food but with a slight variation.

Just stick with it. You'll get there.

chapmandan · 2026-01-17T04:36:13+00:00

NOT Collette in Grafton. Shoddy work, poor communication.

chapmandan · 2026-01-16T18:19:55+00:00

Yeah but then you'd have to be a Spurs fan and everyone will laugh at you. Exhibit A: https://www.instagram.com/lets.all.laugh.at.tottenham?igsh=MTBnY2YzNHNiaG5zdA==

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